Saint Sophia and her Daughters Silver Holy Icon

Description

Silver icon 950 degrees proof.
The images are hand painted.

Metal Size : 16cm x 22cm
The icon has been specially coated and
treated not to change during time.

Commemorates on : September 17
These Saints were from Italy and contested for the Faith about the year 126, during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian. Faith was twelve years old, Hope, ten, and Love, nine; each was tormented and then beheaded, from the eldest to the youngest. Their mother Sophia mourned at their grave for three days, where she also fell asleep in peace; because of her courageous endurance in the face of her daughters sufferings, she is also counted a martyr. The name Sophia means “wisdom” in Greek; as for her daughters names, Faith, Hope, and Love (Charity), they are Pistis, Elpis, and Agape in Greek, and Vera, Nadezhda, and Lyubov in Russian.